May 16—AUGUSTA — Nicole Herling thought her brother was going to take his own life. She had tried for months to get him help. By checking in with his friends and co-workers. By leaving several voicemails with his Army Reserve commanders — messages that were never returned. By patiently trying to explain to him that […]
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Toyota tests new EV pickup truck ahead of mass production in Thailand
By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Toyota Motor is testing the new battery-electric Hilux pickup truck to assess its performance in different conditions as the car maker prepares to manufacture the vehicle in Thailand by the end of 2025, an executive said on Thursday. Pickup trucks make up more than half of total vehicle sales […]
Army reservist’s family describes struggle to get help before mass shooting in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Family members of an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Maine gave an emotional apology on Thursday and said Army officials and law enforcement frustrated their efforts to get him mental health care before the deadly rampage. Hearing public testimony from Robert Card’s family for the first time, an independent […]
Mass. man who owns Connecticut strip club facing prostitution, fraud charges, U.S. Attorney says
A Massachusetts man who owns a strip club in Connecticut has been indicted on prostitution and fraud charges, along with the establishment’s manager and bouncer, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. A federal grand jury in Hartford returned a 12-count indictment charging 67-year-old Kenneth Denning, of Holland, Massachusetts, with conspiracy to use an interstate facility to promote […]
Georgia defies EU and ‘returns to past’ with Russia-style law that sparked mass protests
Like many Georgians, Rati Khazalia believes he is in a “fight to save” his country’s democracy and free the Eastern European nation from Russia’s attempts to isolate it. “We’ve been betrayed by our government,” he said. “We’ve been sold to (Russia) for nothing.” The 29-year-old business owner who founded and runs a print shop in […]
Decrying high costs, Mass. small businesses urge lawmakers to do more to help them
BOSTON — Boasting that he’s a “paperwork guy,” a whiz at filling out and filing forms, Neil Abramson, CEO of ECi Stores in Leominster said even he is confounded by the complexity of applying for state workforce training grants. “And It can take up to six months to get the money back,” Abramson told legislators […]
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
By Chris Kirkham, Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters. After Tinucci had cut between 15% […]
TPD releases more details on weekend mass shooting at parking lot gathering
The Tallahassee Police Department has released new information after gunfire in the parking lot of an Apalachee Parkway shopping center left two men dead and two others with gunshot injuries early Sunday morning. According to an online update Monday morning, TPD responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to Parkway Center after getting a call about gunshots. They […]
New Jersey Marine accused of threats to kill white people, commit mass shooting
A former Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday. Joshua Cobb, 23, of Trenton, wrote on social media in December 2022, before he joined the Marines last year: “I want to cause mayhem on the white community” […]
25 Investigates uncovers hundreds of people with criminal records to provide childcare in Mass.
Cocaine and Fentanyl ‘Trafficker’ The state agency that regulates Massachusetts daycares allowed a home daycare owner in Boston to keep her license after it was discovered she had been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges, according to a source inside the agency. The source, who spoke to 25 Investigates on the condition of anonymity said […]
Parishioners at Louisiana church stop possible mass shooting
Congregants at a Louisiana church banded together to prevent a mass shooting over the weekend, and it was all caught on a livestream. The chaos erupted Saturday at Saint Mary Magdalene Church in Abbeville during a first communion ceremony for 60 second graders. According to police, a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back […]
Three teens plead guilty in Baltimore mass shooting case
BALTIMORE — Three teens pleaded guilty Monday to varying charges stemming from the mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes community last summer. Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a prohibited person in possession of a handgun, with prosecutors agreeing to a sentence of 25 years incarceration […]